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5 things you should know about the Fairer Scotland Action Plan
The long-awaited Scottish Government Fairer Scotland Action Plan was launched yesterday, following extensive engagement with the public in 2015. It commits to fulfil 50 ‘Fairness Actions’ by the end of this parliament, across 5 thematic ‘ambitions’. Here are 5 points of our own.
1. 50 actions
There are 50 actions in the 100 page document. Some of them are clear-cut and targeted towards a particular outcome, like the Domestic Abuse Bill (#25) and the Scottish Baby Box (#27). Along with many others, these have been announced previously, with much of the document repackaging a slate of commitments from the SNP manifesto for Holyrood 2016. In this sense, given the time that has elapsed since the initial exercise, much of Fairer Scotland simply (and helpfully) draws together Scottish Government policy related to social justice in one place.
6 reasons you should fill out the Scottish Government Consultation on Social Security (with musical accompaniment)
1) A change is gonna come
We have an opportunity to say what this new social security system will look like!
Celebrating a feminist foremother
We feel it is important to celebrate our history and those who have helped make it.
Recently, at the end of July, we lost an outstanding feminist – Anne Hepburn. Anne died just short of her 91st birthday. She was a woman of faith which she combined with a lifelong commitment to feminism. Throughout her life she campaigned and advocated for equality, peace and justice, challenging discrimination wherever she saw it, without fear or favour.
Guest Post: Pioneering Women’s Education in Scotland
Educational access is still a matter that unfairly affects girls all over the world from living safely and prosperously. An education is not only empowering for women but also the best way to alleviate them from poverty. The Pioneers of Women’s Education have campaigned for girls to have equal access to education and the fight continues as more than two-thirds of the illiterate adult population are women. Here Plan International blog for Engender about Scotland’s educational pioneers.
Guest Post: During #AGORA16: Part 3
Claire is attending this year’sAGORA feminist school organised by the European Women’s Lobby. Her place has been sponsored by Engender who offered funding for a young BME feminist from Scotland to attend. We are hosting a series of blogs by Claire throughout her time at AGORA. Here she reflects on the final leg of her journey.
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Engender Briefing: Pension Credit Entitlement Changes
From 15 May 2019, new changes will be introduced which will require couples where one partner has reached state pension age and one has not (‘mixed age couples’) to claim universal credit (UC) instead of Pension Credit.
Engender Parliamentary Briefing: Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism
Engender welcomes this Scottish Parliament Debate on Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism and the opportunity to raise awareness of the ways in which women in Scotland’s inequality contributes to gender-based violence.
Gender Matters in Social Security: Individual Payments of Universal Credit
A paper calling on the Scottish Government to automatically split payments of Universal Credit between couples, once this power is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
This manifesto sets out measures that, with political will, can be taken over the next parliamentary term in pursuit of these goals.
Scottish NGO Briefing for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Joint briefing paper for the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
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